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B5
life
Friday, August 16, 2013 www.guardian.co.tt Guardian
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OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
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A comprehensive and vivid dissertation on
the birth and development of pan, and the for-
mation of Pan Trinbago, was delivered last
Wednesday night, at bpTT Renegades pan the-
atre on Charlotte Street, Port-of-Spain.
Produced by Pan Trinbago, as part of Pan
Month, a small gathering of pan enthusiasts was
held captive throughout accounts by six steelband
veterans, including former Pan Trinbago president
Melville Bryan, Bill Trotman, Rudy Marshall, Rawle
Dove, Hugh "Dasheen" Hackett and Kirton "Eddie
Boom" Moore. Cameo
snippets were also given
by Pan Trinbago trustee
and event host Allan
"Pablo" Augustus and
Renegades pan player
Leiba Trotman.
Proceedings were
opened by Bryan who
traced Pan Trinbago s
birth and development,
from its emergence out of the National Association
of T&T Steelbandmen (NATTS) and the Steelband
Improvement Committee (SIC).
In his address, Trotman, who is also an accom-
plished artist, calypsonian and dancer, read exten-
sively from his treatise on pan. Speaking on the
evolution of the national instrument, from the
incidental discovery of the two note dud dup,
Trotman said: "Badjohn wasn t a criminal. The
badjohn was a protector of the community, which
respected the badjohn. Today doesn t have bad-
johns; today has criminals; they kill people."
Endorsing what Trotman had to say, Starlift
veteran Dove stated that the Bomb competition
began with a "musical clash" between Trinidad
Veterans
tell of
badjohn
pan days
PETER RAY BLOOD
"Let me make it
quite clear
tonight, pan is an
African thing."
---Pan Trinbago
trustee Allan "Pablo"
Augustus
The "badjohns," from left, Rawle Dove of Starlift,
Rudy Marshall and Keith Moore of Renegades.
PHOTOS: NOEL SALDENHA
Continues on Page B6
Bill Trotman does a poetry reading at the Pan
Trinbago "Badjohn Night" at Renegades panyard.